The Resource Industries without smokestacks : industrialization in Africa reconsidered, edited by Richard S. Newfarmer, John Page, and Finn Tarp, (electronic resource)
Industries without smokestacks : industrialization in Africa reconsidered, edited by Richard S. Newfarmer, John Page, and Finn Tarp, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- By 2030 more than three quarters of the world's absolute poor are projected to live in Africa. Accelerating economic growth is key to rising incomes on the continent, and central to this challenge is establishing activities that are capable of employing large numbers of unskilled workers, that can raise productivity through innovation, and that can power growth through exports. Such structural transformation is a key driver of growth, and between 1950-1996 about half of the economic catch-up by developing countries (led by East Asia) was due to rising productivity in manufacturing combined with growing agricultural output. Africa, however, has lagged behind.0In 2014, the average share of manufacturing in GDP in sub-Saharan Africa hovered around 10 per cent, unchanged from the 1970s, leading some observers to be pessimistic about Africa's potential to catch the wave of sustained rapid growth and rising incomes. Industries Without Smokestacks: Industrialization in Africa econsidered challenges this view. It argues that other activities sharing the characteristics of manufacturing- including tourism, ICT, and other services as well as food processing and horticulture- are beginning to play a role analogous to that played by anufacturing in East Asia. This reflects not only changes in the global organization of industries since the early era of rapid East Asian growth, but also advantages unique to Africa. These 'industries without smokestacks' offer new opportunities for Africa to grow in coming decades
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xx, 451 pages)
- Note
- A study prepared by the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
- Isbn
- 9780198821885
- Label
- Industries without smokestacks : industrialization in Africa reconsidered
- Title
- Industries without smokestacks
- Title remainder
- industrialization in Africa reconsidered
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Richard S. Newfarmer, John Page, and Finn Tarp
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- By 2030 more than three quarters of the world's absolute poor are projected to live in Africa. Accelerating economic growth is key to rising incomes on the continent, and central to this challenge is establishing activities that are capable of employing large numbers of unskilled workers, that can raise productivity through innovation, and that can power growth through exports. Such structural transformation is a key driver of growth, and between 1950-1996 about half of the economic catch-up by developing countries (led by East Asia) was due to rising productivity in manufacturing combined with growing agricultural output. Africa, however, has lagged behind.0In 2014, the average share of manufacturing in GDP in sub-Saharan Africa hovered around 10 per cent, unchanged from the 1970s, leading some observers to be pessimistic about Africa's potential to catch the wave of sustained rapid growth and rising incomes. Industries Without Smokestacks: Industrialization in Africa econsidered challenges this view. It argues that other activities sharing the characteristics of manufacturing- including tourism, ICT, and other services as well as food processing and horticulture- are beginning to play a role analogous to that played by anufacturing in East Asia. This reflects not only changes in the global organization of industries since the early era of rapid East Asian growth, but also advantages unique to Africa. These 'industries without smokestacks' offer new opportunities for Africa to grow in coming decades
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1951-
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- Newfarmer, Richard S
- Tarp, Finn
- Page, John
- Series statement
- WIDER studies in development economics
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Industrialization
- Manufacturing industries
- Label
- Industries without smokestacks : industrialization in Africa reconsidered, edited by Richard S. Newfarmer, John Page, and Finn Tarp, (electronic resource)
- Note
- A study prepared by the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control code
- ssj0002131809
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xx, 451 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Available to multiple simultaneous users
- Isbn
- 9780198821885
- Lccn
- 2018947009
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (WaSeSS)ssj0002131809
- Label
- Industries without smokestacks : industrialization in Africa reconsidered, edited by Richard S. Newfarmer, John Page, and Finn Tarp, (electronic resource)
- Note
- A study prepared by the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control code
- ssj0002131809
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xx, 451 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Available to multiple simultaneous users
- Isbn
- 9780198821885
- Lccn
- 2018947009
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (WaSeSS)ssj0002131809
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